Mouwase
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
[under construction]
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Sources
Johnston (1919-1920) 130 comparative terms for Karima of Kibeni village
Franklin ed. (1973: 573-575) 100 comparative terms for Omati
Carr (2006) 190 comparative terms for Mowase of Gibidai village
Petterson (2014) dictionary of Mouwase (1,198 terms)
Phonology
[under construction]
Mouwase has 11 consonants and 5 vowels as follows:
m | n | |||
t | k | |||
b | d | |||
ɸ | s | h | ||
w | ɾ |
i | u | |
e | o | |
a |
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There is no palatal non-stop /j/, because Omati River /*j/ has been occluded to apical /ɾ/ in all positions.
Neither final consonants nor consonant clusters occur, Omati River final consonants having been appended with a final vowel as in the Dukemi and Mene dialects of Kaser.
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Bilabial nasal /m/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
m- | ||||
-m- | ||||
Apical nasal /n/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
n- | ||||
-n- | ||||
Apical voiceless stop /t/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
t- | ||||
-t- | ||||
Velar voiceless stop /k/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
k- | ||||
-k- | ||||
Bilabial voiced stop /b/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
b- | ||||
-b- | ||||
Apical voiced stop /d/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
d- | ||||
Bilabial fricative /ɸ/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
ɸ- | ||||
-ɸ- | ||||
Fricative /s/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
s- | ||||
-s- | ||||
Unoccluded fricative /h/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
h- | ||||
Bilabial non-stop /w/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
w- | ||||
-w- | ||||
Apical non-stop /ɾ/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
ɾ- | ||||
-ɾ- | ||||
… vowels …:
High front vowel /i/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
i | ||||
High back vowel /u/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
u | ||||
Mid front vowel /e/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
e | ||||
Mid back vowel /o/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
o | ||||
Low central vowel /a/ …:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
a | ||||
… diphthongs:
…:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
…:
Mouwase | Mouwase | Mowase | Omati | Karima |
phonemic | Petterson | Carr | Franklin | Johnston |
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Pronouns
Carr (2006) gives Mowase pronouns as follows:
1 sg. | ini |
2 sg. | ia |
3 sg. | aea |
1 pl. | na-na |
2 pl. | ia |
3 pl. | ɾa-na [?sic] |
1 dl. | ni-ɾa |
2 dl. | 'ɾi-ɾa |
3 dl. | eβi-ɾa |
Verbal morphology
Nothing is known about Mowase verbal morphology.